wise woman novelist

Why getting out is a good idea…

Today I go to a local wine bar, sit at the bar with my computer, order a bite for lunch and two different glasses of red wine. While I sit there, I write.

I find writing at home as good as anywhere else, but now and then getting out of my usual setting is a great idea.

It lends a new perspective and allows me – perhaps – a chance to talk to strangers about writing, about my writing, about my novels. This sharing is always fun, almost never productive in terms of sales, that is. Still, it helps the writing process.

Jane’s Words Month by Month

“A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.”
– Salman Rushdie

“The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.”
– Umberto Eco

“Novelists do not write as birds sing, by the push of nature. It is part of the job that there should be much routine and some daily stuff on the level of carpentry.”
– William Golding

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”
-- Dr. Seuss